Environment
How to Win Friends and Bamboozle People about Climate Change
An illuminating new documentary reveals deliberate efforts to obfuscate global warming
Clean Air Policy1146 articles archived since 1845
Environment
Eiffel Tower Going Green With Two New Wind Turbines
The City of Light’s green makeover touched the iconic Eiffel Tower last week as it ramped up two onsite wind turbines. These turbines are installed inside the tower’s metal scaffolding on the second level, and are painted in the same color to minimize their visual impact on the 126-year-old tower...
Environment
CO2 Levels for February Eclipsed Prehistoric Highs
Global warming is headed back to the future as the CO2 level reaches a new high
Environment
Detroit Fleet Cleans Up through Federal Program with an Uncertain Future
Diesel pollution has been cut by about 45,000 tons over the past five years through engine upgrades and replacements
Environment
China's War on Air Pollution May Cause More Global Warming
Plans to clean up China's air may increase emissions of carbon dioxide
Environment
Novel Energy Inventions Seek Greater Impact
A Q&A with the new head of Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy chemist Ellen Williams
Environment
Tar Sands Pipeline Vetoed, Climate Threat Marches On
Pres. Barack Obama vetoed a bill to approve construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline on February 24— not because of climate change, not because of low oil prices and not because of the risks from leaking diluted bitumen from the tar sands...
Chinese Plans to Transform Coal Would Worsen Global Warming
Chinese companies press forward with plans to process coal into other fuels, despite water scarcity and excess climate change pollution
Light Pollution Puts an End to "Dark and Stormy Night"
Before the era of artificial lights, clouds hid the light coming from the stars. But now, the sky grows brighter when clouds roll in, possibly adversely affecting animals and plants
Environment
With Cuban Détente, What Future for Its Classic Cars?
I can't seem to go a day without hearing someone say, "Get to Cuba before all the Americans get there." What exactly is it that Americans will change once they get to Cuba?
The Sciences
A Stormy Arctic Is the New Normal [Excerpt]
The Arctic is changing fast
Environment
Revised Clean Power Plan Could Win Coal Utility's Backing
An electric utility reliant on coal offers support for new greenhouse gas rules in exchange for changes to the plan
Preindustrial Pollution Pestered Peru
Ice cores show a sudden rise in heavy metal air pollution in South America 240 years before the industrial revolution, probably due to metallurgy and mining. Karen Hopkin reports
Paris Talks Won't Limit Global Warming to Less Than 2 Degrees Celsius
But can the Paris climate talks still be considered a success?
Environment
Geoengineering Holds Promise, but the Technology Needs Work
Modified jets spewing sulfuric acid could haze the skies over the Arctic in a few years “for the price of a Hollywood blockbuster,” as physicist David Keith of Harvard University likes to say...
Environment
The U.S. Power Grid is in Need of a Technology Upgrade
Innovators gather in DC this week to discuss how to modernize the U.S. electric grid in the face of a changing electricity sector. The ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit kicks off today in Washington DC and will highlight technologies that could fundamentally alter how the nation generates, uses, and stores electricity...
Environment
Explaining Stagnation in the Hybrid-Electric Vehicle Market
Editor's Note: This is a guest post from Will Sierzchula, a researcher who analyzes factors which influence the development and adoption of alternative fuel vehicles.
Environment
GOP Embraced Environmental Protection Not Long Ago, Says Former EPA Chief
William Ruckelshaus, the first EPA administrator, criticizes today’s GOP attacks on the agency as well as industry efforts to thwart scientific evaluations of toxic chemicals
Environment
Clean Coal Power Plant Killed, Again
FutureGen will lose its federal funding under the Obama administration, just as it did under the Bush administration
90% of Cities in China Failed to Meet Air Standards in 2014
China said last year it would "declare war on pollution" and it has started to eliminate substandard industrial capacity and reduce coal consumption
